No, it's not Chinese Taipei. It's Taiwan. But that's for another post.
Her coach once told her "Your skill in weight lifting is the worst in the world" after watching her practice. But she won the first medal for Taiwan.
She placed 11th in 2004 Olympics. At the time, her coach told her "All you have is strength." He then told her, "I'll teach you everything else." She was in the position for the Silver medal. But her lift wasn't balanced. She tried to hang on, but in the end the weight fall on her. She was 1 sec away from Silver Medal.
Afterward, she said in the interview that she was quite nervous. For her final lift, she thought to herself. "即使折斷手臂，死都不放掉槓鈴" (Even if I broke my arm, or if I die I would still hang on to the weight).
She wasn't favored to medal at all, in part because her weight is far lower than others in the event. She is 0.5 kg lighter than the 4th place winner. When asked, she replied with "Honestly, I was eating hamburger yesterday. The person in charge of the weight control was very upset with me. But I was like 'I'm eating for my country!'"
When asked about her future plan, she said "As long as my coach doesn't give up on me. I'll be back for the next Olympics. My two assets are my youth and strength. I can do better."
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